TME t'LOWER 



8g 



like those of Poppy, champa, ata, Mustard, &c., and 

 flowers constructed like these are said to be hypo^ 

 GYNOus FLOWERS (fig. 83— h). But itl softie floWerS, 

 as in Rose, Pea, and bak, the basal portion of the 

 thalamus on which the calyx is inserted grows more 

 or^^S like a cup, forming the so-called calyx-tube, 

 arfd^he petals and stamens are inserted on the throat 

 of the calyx-tube, so that they seem to grow round 

 about the pistil and not from the thalamus. Flowers 



Figf. 83. — Diagram of H, Hypogrynous, p, Perigrynous, and E, Epig:ynous Flowers 



a, Thalamus, k, Calyx, c. Corolla, s, Stamens. /, Carpels, n, Stig^ma. 

 sk, Ovule. 



constructed in this fashion are termed perigynous 

 FLOWERS — p. There is a third class of flowers, as 

 pyara, jamrul, shasha, kumrha, dhania, and rajani- 

 gandha, in which the calyx-tube — that is, the cup- 

 shaped growth of the basal portion of the thalamus — 

 wholly surrounds the lower portion of the pistil 

 (ovary) and adheres to its wall, so that the calyx, 

 corolla, and stamens all seem to grow from the top of 

 the ovary. Flowers constructed in this fashion are 

 termed epigynous flowers — e. In epigynous 

 flowers, therefore, the calyx, corolla, and stamens are 

 superior, while the ovary is inferior. In epigynous 



